Folding box or grate



(No Model.)

. E. HARRIS.

FOLDING BOX'OR CRATE. N0. 334.375. Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

WITNESSES W/fl/ ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD HARRIS, OF GAMBRIA, WISCONSIN.

FOLDING BOX OR CRATE.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.334,375, dated January 12, 1886.

Serial No. 160,062. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD HARRIS, of Oambria,'in the county of Columbia and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and Improved Folding Boxes and Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to folding boxes or cases; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,for1ning part of this specificatiomin which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional elevation of my improved folding box or crate. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of a like box provided with a cover. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the box shown in Fig. 1.

In the box shown in Fig. 1 the ends A'are hinged to the end pieces, A", of the base-section, and the sides B are hinged to the side pieces, B, of the base-section. On the inner surface of the ends A wires 0 are held, which extend from top to bottom, the lower ends forming hooks d, projecting from each other. The upper ends, E, of the wires 0 are bent over the top edges. The wires 0 are held in place by staples D, driven into the inner surface of the end and side, and. to prevent the wires from slipping lengthwise they are bent to form eyes or'loops g,through which one shank of a staple is driven.

On the inner surfaces of; the end pieces, A,of the basesection wires E are secured,provided on their lower ends with hooks E driven into the end pieces, and on their upper ends with eyes h, for-receiving the hooks d on the lower ends of the Wires 0.

In Fig. 2 I have shown abox provided with a cover, K, which is provided with a hinge formed of the wires 0, held on the under side The hinges can be made of rods instead of wires or of other suitable material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a folding box or case, the lower section, A B, provided with the wires E, bent to form hooks E and eyes h,in combination with upper section, A B, the wires 0, formed with eyes 9, and hooks d, registering with the eyes It, and the staples D, securing the wires to the sections, one prong of each staple passing through an eye, 9, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with the lower section, A B, having the wires E secured thereto and provided with eyes h, of the upper section, A B, the wires 0, formed with hooks d at their lower ends, bent at their upper ends, as described, and formed with eyes 9 between their ends and the securing-staples, substantially as described.

3. A folding box or case consisting of the upper and lower hinged sections, the wires E and G, secured to and hinging saidparts, the wires 0 being bent at their upper ends to form hooks c, the cover K, the wires 0, secured to the under side thereof and bent to form eyes 0 at one end, which engage said hooks c, and bent upward at their opposite ends against the edge of the cover, substantially as set forth.

- EDWARD HARRIS. Witnesses:

J OHN OIP. EDWARDS, LOUIS HEINZ. 

